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Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the interest in this space and also have a position that allows them to have some influence within their own employer business. We're calling it the Financial Services Forum and it will start in July. That forum is intended to do two things- allow people ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... over 100 companies participated. Net Balance Foundation manages the CR Index in Australia and New Zealand on behalf of Business in the Community. In announcing the local launch of the CR Index next week, Net Balance Foundation said that the average Australian ...

IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... intellectual, human, social and relationship, and natural capitals that an organisation uses and affects as well as their business model. The launch of the consultation draft has been welcomed by local experts. "Many drivers of company value, such as ...

European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... which do not have a diversity policy would have to explain why not. "Today we are proposing important legislation on business transparency across all sectors," said Internal Market and Services Commissioner Michel Barnier in a statement. "This is about ...

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Slightly more than 14% of the ASX200 market capitalisation is based on fossil fuels, and the value of fossil fuel assets is at risk in a carbon constrained world, but the risk is not evenly distributed across all resources or across a long term time ...

Australian Ethical puts tobacco resolution to TOMRA AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... resolution for TOMRA's 22 April annual general meeting. At issue to Australian Ethical is the fact that while the BEST NV business is a minimal part of TOMRA's overall revenue, it is a dominant player in the tobacco sorting market, Vernon said. "Whilst ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Golden North project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... time it takes to harden ice cream, and allow us to increase our production capacity. This will enable us to pursue new business opportunities, and help us create more local jobs." The refrigeration improvements will "increase the overall compressor plant ...

Local Government Super adopts private equity ESG framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has adopted a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework for private equity investment. Bill Hartnett The ESG Disclosure Framework is the result of a global coalition of 40 limited partners, 20 private equity ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... excluded from the workplace," said Alison Ewings, head of sustainability at Westpac. "That's an issue that is faced by the business sector more broadly, and nationally there's social and economic benefit to that as well." Westpac cited statistics saying ...

Applying multiple capitals essential to integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the short term and ignore the impact that value creation and depletion of some of the capitals can have on long term business success," said Carol Adams, a professor at Monash University and also a member of the project team. "All that must change for ...